It 4K UHD (2017)

[Chaotic]

My regular 4k copy just shipped from
Best Buy. Yes!

[Sabre95]

Steelbook is back up but whenever you press “pre-order” it says it can’t be purchased online ��

Edit: Just changed back to “coming soon”

[pottyaboutpotter1]

Originally Posted by Nothing371

aye, I think they fell short on implementing the clown in the new movie. The best part about Tim Curry's Pennywise is that he looked like an actual circus or birthday clown, one that would be somewhat enticing to children.

See, in the book Pennywise is actually supposed to look scary. He’s supposed to look unnatural and creepy. He’s supposed to make you terrified. Yes, Tim Curry was great as Pennywise. But Skarsgard’s was closer to how Pennywise was portrayed in the novel. Pennywise is supposed to be a clown Who is from the 1800s (Clowns looked much different then).

[pottyaboutpotter1]

Originally Posted by Opips3

I watched on trailer.

I think remake the movie is better than old movie.

Is that true? 😇

The new movie is a much better film than the original. The original is too long, badly paced and has questionable directing, editing and acting. The new film is a much better production and is much truer to the spirit of the novel.

[Nothing371]

Originally Posted by pottyaboutpotter1

See, in the book Pennywise is actually supposed to look scary. He’s supposed to look unnatural and creepy. He’s supposed to make you terrified. Yes, Tim Curry was great as Pennywise. But Skarsgard’s was closer to how Pennywise was portrayed in the novel. Pennywise is supposed to be a clown Who is from the 1800s (Clowns looked much different then).

That's fine. A character from the 1800s out of a book doesn't translate well to present day on the movie screen. Films adapt for a reason.

[Gogoplata1980]

I think anyone thinking the original It is better than the new one is looking through nostalgia-colored glasses. The OG is not very good. This one is actually haunting and closer to the book.

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[Filmmaker]

Originally Posted by pottyaboutpotter1

See, in the book Pennywise is actually supposed to look scary. He’s supposed to look unnatural and creepy. He’s supposed to make you terrified. Yes, Tim Curry was great as Pennywise. But Skarsgard’s was closer to how Pennywise was portrayed in the novel. Pennywise is supposed to be a clown Who is from the 1800s (Clowns looked much different then).

Patently false. Here is specifically how he is described in the novel, which clearly, indisputably shows that the Tim Curry representation of the character was the accurate one:

"There was a clown in the stormdrain. The light in there was far from good, but it was good enough so that George Denbrough was sure of what he was seeing. It was a clown, like in the circus or on TV. In fact he looked like a cross between Bozo and Clarabell, who talked by honking his (or was it her?--George was never really sure of the gender) horn on Howdy Doody Saturday mornings--Buffalo Bob was just about the only one who could understand Clarabell, and that always cracked George up. The face of the clown in the stormdrain was white, there were funny tufts of red hair on either side of his bald head, and there was a big clown-smile painted over his mouth. If George had been inhabiting a later year, he would have surely thought of Ronald McDonald before Bozo or Clarabell."

Whatever virtues the new film offers, it totally botched its conception of Pennywise.

[tyrok]

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by Filmmaker

Patently false. Here is specifically how he is described in the novel, which clearly, indisputably shows that the Tim Curry representation of the character was the accurate one:

"There was a clown in the stormdrain. The light in there was far from good, but it was good enough so that George Denbrough was sure of what he was seeing. It was a clown, like in the circus or on TV. In fact he looked like a cross between Bozo and Clarabell, who talked by honking his (or was it her?--George was never really sure of the gender) horn on Howdy Doody Saturday mornings--Buffalo Bob was just about the only one who could understand Clarabell, and that always cracked George up. The face of the clown in the stormdrain was white, there were funny tufts of red hair on either side of his bald head, and there was a big clown-smile painted over his mouth. If George had been inhabiting a later year, he would have surely thought of Ronald McDonald before Bozo or Clarabell."

Whatever virtues the new film offers, it totally botched its conception of Pennywise.

Only with gerorgie. Not once were the other kids excited or happy to see Pennywise. Ben specifically is frozen in fear the first time he sees Pennywise.

[Chaotic]

Nevermind, my copy is waiting to be picked up by USPS. Don't know why they say its shipped when it hasn't left the facility.

[2pacalypsenow]

How do people already have the movie? Doesn't it release next week?

[Post Prod]

Originally Posted by Filmmaker

Patently false. Here is specifically how he is described in the novel, which clearly, indisputably shows that the Tim Curry representation of the character was the accurate one:

"There was a clown in the stormdrain. The light in there was far from good, but it was good enough so that George Denbrough was sure of what he was seeing. It was a clown, like in the circus or on TV. In fact he looked like a cross between Bozo and Clarabell, who talked by honking his (or was it her?--George was never really sure of the gender) horn on Howdy Doody Saturday mornings--Buffalo Bob was just about the only one who could understand Clarabell, and that always cracked George up. The face of the clown in the stormdrain was white, there were funny tufts of red hair on either side of his bald head, and there was a big clown-smile painted over his mouth. If George had been inhabiting a later year, he would have surely thought of Ronald McDonald before Bozo or Clarabell."

Whatever virtues the new film offers, it totally botched its conception of Pennywise.

um... I love both - but Tim Curry's version was anything but gender ambivalent, he sounded like every old time carny at Coney Island.

They both work great for what they're truly meant to be, an ancient evil tapping into a child's idea of what a clown would be, one adaptation is more like a "tv clown" the other more of a "dream like childish" clown. For the device it needs to provide, they both do great.

Neither is botched - as both are pretty damn popular and King loved both. It's ifne to prefer one or not like one or both, but I appreciate both are very distinct yet fill the same purpose for the story. While I adore the Tim Curry version, my biggest critique of it is, is of all his characters that are all amazing, they're all very "Tim Curry". Nicholson is the same. This is a bit like comparing his joker with Heath's. Both very different, but serve the same purpose nicely.

I didn't want someone trying to out Tim Curry - Tim Curry, or even get the same version. and the book while fantastic, has a lot of things vague enough for a different interpretation to work, or in some cases in bad need of a change (sewer child orgy).

[maverick22]

Thanks as always for the pics, Tyrok. Why does it look like Pennywise’s head is almost going out of the top of the picture?

Think I like the non-steelbook art better.

[Nothing371]

The slipcover cover art looks better. But I'll be getting the 4K UHD steelbook regardless.

[tyrok]

Originally Posted by maverick22

Thanks as always for the pics, Tyrok. Why does it look like Pennywise’s head is almost going out of the top of the picture?

Think I like the non-steelbook art better.

It should look better without the J-card covering his head.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by Nothing371

aye, I think they fell short on implementing the clown in the new movie. The best part about Tim Curry's Pennywise is that he looked like an actual circus or birthday clown, one that would be somewhat enticing to children.

Agree lol, It was like dialogue... couple great zings... clown, dialogue... couple great zings... CLOWN ... Prepare for end battle, couple great zings, Clown fight. Movie over lol

Originally Posted by Sabre95

Steelbook is back up but whenever you press “pre-order” it says it can’t be purchased online ��

Edit: Just changed back to “coming soon”

I might buy 3 or 4 with how much the rouge ones sell for on eBay haha. Was shocked to see those going for 80-100+.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by supersix4

Agree lol, It was like dialogue... couple great zings... clown, dialogue... couple great zings... CLOWN ... Prepare for end battle, couple great zings, Clown fight. Movie over lol

Buy me the 4k steelbook

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

Buy me the 4k steelbook

Why don't have access to it?

[Filmmaker]

Originally Posted by Gamma_Winstead

Only with gerorgie. Not once were the other kids excited or happy to see Pennywise. Ben specifically is frozen in fear the first time he sees Pennywise.

Again, some accuracy is getting glossed over here. Ben's first encounter with Pennywise involves the former seeing the latter standing on a frozen canal in full clown regalia; Pennywise offers Ben a balloon, which floats--against the howling wind--in Ben's direction. Ben, with his engineer's mind, becomes perplexed at the ability of the balloon to float against the wind. When he regains his senses, he finds that the clown has almost reached him, and has transformed into a mummy. The town whistle blows, distracting both parties, and Ben is able to break his paralysis and run home. Ben is never scared because of Pennywise looking frightening as a clown; it's because of the incongruousness of where he's standing and what his balloons are doing. Pennywise is a seductive evil, not one of out-of-the-gate grotesquerie.

[pottyaboutpotter1]

Originally Posted by Filmmaker

Patently false. Here is specifically how he is described in the novel, which clearly, indisputably shows that the Tim Curry representation of the character was the accurate one:

"There was a clown in the stormdrain. The light in there was far from good, but it was good enough so that George Denbrough was sure of what he was seeing. It was a clown, like in the circus or on TV. In fact he looked like a cross between Bozo and Clarabell, who talked by honking his (or was it her?--George was never really sure of the gender) horn on Howdy Doody Saturday mornings--Buffalo Bob was just about the only one who could understand Clarabell, and that always cracked George up. The face of the clown in the stormdrain was white, there were funny tufts of red hair on either side of his bald head, and there was a big clown-smile painted over his mouth. If George had been inhabiting a later year, he would have surely thought of Ronald McDonald before Bozo or Clarabell."

Whatever virtues the new film offers, it totally botched its conception of Pennywise.

It actually doesn't match the Curry version in the novel at all. To say it does is false. Pennywise is described as wearing old-fashioned silver clothing with orange pompoms which is what he wears in the new film. The Pennywise in the new film more closely matches the description in the novel.

The face of the clown in the stormdrain was white, there were funny tufts of red hair on either side of his bald head, and there was a big clown-smile painted over his mouth.

He wore a baggy suit with big orange-pompom buttons; on his hands were cartoon gloves.

The figure was dressed in what appeared to be a white-silver clown suit. It rippled around him in the polar wind. There were oversized orange shoes on his feet. They matched the pompom buttons which ran down the front of his suit.

a hideously grinning clown whose face sweated white greasepaint, whose mouth curved up in a leering red vampire smile, whose eyes were bright silver coins.

Standing by Bowers was a thing in a clown suit. It stood perhaps eight feet tall. Its suit was silvery. Orange pompoms ran down the front. There were oversized funny shoes on its feet.



Almost a perfect match apart from no orange shoes.



The only thing they have right here is the pompoms. Even the hair is the wrong colour.

The remake Pennywise is much closer in looks to the one portrayed in the novel. Pennywise is also much scarier which fits more with Pennywise as portrayed in the novel. Tim Curry was an excellent Pennywise, but as a fan of the novel I have to say that Skarsgard's is much closer to Pennywise as Stephen King described him in the original novel. Also the film showcases that Pennywise is not IT's main form. The original film overuses Pennywise (IT nearly always appears as Pennywise whereas IT's supposed to have many different forms - with Pennywise being IT's favourite).

Personal preferences aside, when it comes to accuracy to the book the remake wins. While both are very different interpretations of the character, the Skarsgard Pennywise adheres more to the spirit of the book.